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as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning
by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem
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as in developing
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
worked out a compromise between the warring factions
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as in succeeding
to turn out as planned or desired
our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out
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as in calculating
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
after working out the cost of a college education, we've decided that it's never too early to start saving
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Recent Examples of working out
In January, a Crossroads staff member was fired after police told the church that the staff member allegedly secretly filmed women working out at Crunch Fitness in Oakley.
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Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2026
Everybody’s used to working out and then going straight to work.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
But recent social media posts this week showed that the receiver was working out in Kansas City.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Kennedy’s proclivity for working out in belted denim long predates the knowing wink with which it’s now displayed.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
For the past two decades or so, Zurek has been working out how that happens.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
Some of them lived together, were working out together.
—Matt Zahn, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
He’s initially disappointed to find people working out at Muscle Beach in Lummus Park, doing yoga on the sand and going for a jog.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Some rules that Boyce must follow over the next many months include having no visitors inside his room, not using any alcohol or drugs and working out frequently, with a goal of losing weight and building up strength.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2026
Everybody’s used to working out and then going straight to work.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
But recent social media posts this week showed that the receiver was working out in Kansas City.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Kennedy’s proclivity for working out in belted denim long predates the knowing wink with which it’s now displayed.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
For the past two decades or so, Zurek has been working out how that happens.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
Some of them lived together, were working out together.
—Matt Zahn, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
He’s initially disappointed to find people working out at Muscle Beach in Lummus Park, doing yoga on the sand and going for a jog.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Some rules that Boyce must follow over the next many months include having no visitors inside his room, not using any alcohol or drugs and working out frequently, with a goal of losing weight and building up strength.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for working out
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Modeling plasma behavior at those conditions involves solving equations across multiple dimensions and charge states, representing trillions of mathematical particles.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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More than a month has passed since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson-area home, and despite little public progress in the case, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators are making progress on solving the mystery.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Meta is also reportedly in talks to use Google’s TPUs, and Broadcom assists the social media company with developing its own MTIA accelerator.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Laurels for work UKAEA and CERN have received a ‘Highly Commended’ recognition at The Engineer’s Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) Awards for jointly developing a compact autonomous robot designed to inspect the LHC.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of cases spurred by predator catchers are now making their way through the court system, and many of them are succeeding.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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But that’s largely because Democrats with little chance of succeeding are still hanging onto some supporters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The latest print comes after the government overhauled the framework for calculating economic output to improve accuracy.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot (30 centimeters), according to Wednesday's study in the journal Nature.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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On the doorstep of a pivotal, final week and with its season in serious danger of unraveling, USC basketball’s leading scorer has been dismissed from the program.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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As clever as the king, Penelope sits at her loom each night unraveling the day’s work.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Indiana is forging ahead with a new K-12 school accountability model that will give schools letter grades this year for the first time since 2018.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Erik Lochtefeld is now forging his return to the big stage, and to his love of running, after having complex open brain surgery at NYU Langone Health.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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After going over these stubborn wrinkles once in the Vitessa’s regular mode, using the steam-burst function fully removed them in a single pass.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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That’s not going over well with local officials.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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And not with their talented top freshman still figuring things out.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Tate apparently takes his father at his word, barely figuring at all in the two other episodes sent to critics.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Working out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20out. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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